Moldova has gone to the polls in a vote seen as crucial for determining the country’s future direction. Preliminary results indicate that the pro-European parties together achieved about 44% of the vote…

In Warsaw, a newly unveiled memorial puts freedom of speech at the heart of Poland’s liberation from communism.
Aleksandra HadzelekJune 12, 2014

“It all started with a word,” said Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski at the opening of a memorial to freedom of speech, “and the word was ‘freedom’”. The event completed three days of commemorations…

For many children from Eastern European families, the 3pm school bell on a Friday isn’t the last they’ll see of a classroom until Monday. Many attend complementary schools, voluntary community-led programmes…

Ukrainian far-right protesters commemorate the creation of the Ukrainian division of the SS in Lviv in 2011.
EPA/Markiian LyseikoMarch 7, 2014

Following days of protest and the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s new interim government was announced on 26 February 2014. This is not an ordinary government. Politicians linked to the…